Computer Outlook
"Palm Handheld Lifestyles"
December 20th, 2006

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Palm OS / Access News
Palm able to use Garnet OS (Palm OS 5) forever
- Agreement with Access for a "perpetual" license for Garnet source code
- Payment of $44 million over 3 months also means no further license royalties to be paid to Access
- Palm to re-commence development of Garnet OS
- Agreement also allows Palm to make its own modifications and improvements without making them available for other Palm licensees
- Palm promises to maintain backward compatibility
- No mention of any licensing of ALP
- Palm Gets It’s OS Back - Michael Mace’s take on it!
- Back to the Future With Palm - Brighthand’s editorial

ACCESS Licenses Handwriting Tech for ALP


Palm, Inc. News
Understanding Palm: What Ed Colligan really said

Palm Opens Flagship Retail Store in Rockefeller Center
- Photo gallery at this link

Treo 680 now available, either from Cingular or from Palm
- Cingular-locked-gray
- $449 with no contract
- $299 with 2-year contract
- $379 with a 1-year contract
- $100 mail-in rebate if you're willing to sign up for an unlimited data rate plan of $40/month
- Palm-unlocked-four colors-$399
- Works on Cingular or T-Mobile

Treo 680 now in Canada

Treo 650 No Longer for Sale at Palm.com

Palm commits to supporting Windows Vista

Treo 680 to Receive Push To Talk Capability?


Other Devices
Garmin Discontinues All But One PDA Model
- Only the iQue 3000 remains.


Other News
New Google Calendar Palm Sync Tool

PDAapps Discontinues Palm OS Applications